It shall be the responsibility of each owner, occupant, and/or tenant along any watercourse, drainage basin, storm drain, or channel within the City to maintain and keep clear of all litter, brush, stumps, earth, household trash, rubbish or garbage or any other material or matter which can or may obstruct, divert, or interfere with the natural flow of water in said watercourse.

It shall be the further responsibility of each owner, occupant, and/or tenant to keep in good repair any pier, retaining wall, bulkhead, building, bridge or any other structure built over, in or adjacent to any watercourse within the City.

It shall be the further responsibility of each owner, occupant, and/or tenant to maintain healthy bank vegetation and not remove said vegetation beyond that actually necessary for maintenance of the vegetation or restoration of a native or climate-appropriate riparian vegetation. Under no circumstance shall bank vegetation be removed in such a manner as to increase the vulnerability of the watercourse to erosion without taking appropriate measures to minimize erosion and prevent the discharge of sediment to the watercourse. (Ord. 1030 § 2(7), 2018; Ord. 1005 § 3, 2015; Ord. 344 § 2 (part), 1967)